Someone called it a TJ 6
- Thread starter don87401
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- City
- Farmington
- State
- NM
Finished mounting the tires, took them down and had them balanced came home and put them on the Jeep and back on the ground. Now I am done with tires I installed the front fender flares.
When I was working on things I didn't pay close attention where I had the glass for the top sitting and did a bunch of grinding/cutting and spatter the debris all over the glass. So yesterday I took all the glass down to the glass shop to get new windows made and tinted. They will call me when ready and will take the Jeep to get them installed.
When I was working on things I didn't pay close attention where I had the glass for the top sitting and did a bunch of grinding/cutting and spatter the debris all over the glass. So yesterday I took all the glass down to the glass shop to get new windows made and tinted. They will call me when ready and will take the Jeep to get them installed.
- City
- Rochester
- State
- Mi
Such an awesome build. I really love that color in it!
- City
- Farmington
- State
- NM
Thanks
mhinchliffe
CJ-8 Member
- City
- W-S
- State
- NC
Get here glass! Looks super!
- City
- Farmington
- State
- NM
Yea I called last wed. and they said this week so we will see. Thanks.
- City
- Farmington
- State
- NM
Been trying to work out some bugs. Driving it back from the glass shop it was showing that it was getting hot. Got home let it cool and started checking things out. Found out what ever wire I had chose to provide power to the fan relay was not doing the job. It was an unused wire in the Painless harness that I thought would work but I was wrong and I don't remember what it was. The fan side was already on the battery through a circuit breaker. Now the relay is feed from the battery so now I have thermo control of the fan. So warmed it up again and it still showed it was getting hot. Let it cool down checked for air in the system, had a bit, filled it up and tried again. Still air. So I changed the upper hose arrangement to eliminate the up and over configuration I had.
To this.
To eliminate the "loop" effect. Heated it up again and it still getting hot. I got my laser temp gun out and started taking temp in all the places and found very little temp rise in the upper hose. Back to the parts store and bought another thermostat and installed it. Tried again and this time the needle settled in the middle gauge and stayed there and the fan began to cycle on and off maintaining the temp. So one bug GONE.
To this.
To eliminate the "loop" effect. Heated it up again and it still getting hot. I got my laser temp gun out and started taking temp in all the places and found very little temp rise in the upper hose. Back to the parts store and bought another thermostat and installed it. Tried again and this time the needle settled in the middle gauge and stayed there and the fan began to cycle on and off maintaining the temp. So one bug GONE.
- City
- Farmington
- State
- NM
Well I lied all that still did not stop the over heating. After a while it would begin to creep back up. Back to the drawing board. Moved the sending unit to a different port away from the exhaust manifold..no help. Stuck in a mechanical temp gauge... showed it getting hot. I got to thinking the fan comes on but after it gets hot. I bought a spacer with 2 ports in it to go between the manifold and the thermostat housing, moved my gauge sensor there and moved my fan sensor also there now the fan comes on much sooner than it did. Now the gauge in the speedometer stays in the middle and the mechanical gauge sits at about 180-190. Success!!! Took it out for a test drive and the temp stayed right there. Even got the Jeep up to 50mph.
Moved it from the tee.....
Down to the port in the spacer under the thermostat I added. Spacer came from Vintage Air.
The sensor in the second port is for the temp gauge in the Speed Hut Speedometer Cluster.
Moved it from the tee.....
Down to the port in the spacer under the thermostat I added. Spacer came from Vintage Air.
The sensor in the second port is for the temp gauge in the Speed Hut Speedometer Cluster.
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- City
- Redmond
- State
- OR
90 degree angles slow coolant flow, maybe get another bend in that original pipe so the flow isn’t restricted? Might not make a difference, but on the other hand less clamps means less possibility of leaks!
Glad it’s cooling now. What fan did you use?
Glad it’s cooling now. What fan did you use?
Put your original upper hose back on. All those 90's slows the coolant. Worst case with the original is a air pocket at the high point of the hose, but it's a nice straight shot. will flow good (especially when you get her on the road on a hot day).
- City
- Bedford
- State
- NH
Yeah, I noticed this back a while ago when I got tires for the LJ... and then when I got them for the "truck".
- City
- Farmington
- State
- NM
If it don't come up with a better idea that may be what I do. The 30 minute drive it never climbed above 180-190 so it is working but I am still looking at options.
